Cryptocurrency Law News
US Regulator Lists 9 Tokens as Unregistered Securities
In a groundbreaking insider trading case against a former Coinbase employee, US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has i...
Former Coinbase Employee Charged in First Crypto Insider Trading Case
Three people, including a former Coinbase employee, have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud over an insider trading tip-...
Terra Drama Continues as Authorities Raid Exchanges Linked to the Collapse
South Korean authorities are raiding crypto exchanges linked to Terraform Labs’ collapse in May, according to report this week by News...
Reserve Bank of Australia Chief: Private Stablecoins May Be Better Than CBDCs
In a recent panel discussion of the G20 finance officials meeting in Indonesia, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe signall...
UK Court Rules That Lawsuits Can Be Served Via NFTs
In what is a legal precedent for the High Court of England and Wales, a plaintiff has been granted permission to file a lawsuit against anon...
Solana Labs Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging SOL is an Unregistered Security
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Solana Labs by an investor who claims the layer-1 blockchain is an unregistered centralised se...
Crypto Broker ‘Voyager’ Files for Bankruptcy Amid Three Arrows Default
In a move that will surprise no one even remotely invested in the digital assets space, crypto exchange Voyager Digital has this week filed ...
US Regulator Sued by Grayscale After Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejection
Historically, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) was the primary vehicle for US institutional exposure to bitcoin. As jurisdictions includin...
Crypto Ads Crackdown Expected Soon to Protect Australian Consumers
Caroline Malcolm, the Australian-born head of international policy at crypto security firm Chainalysis, believes the federal government will...
Elon Musk Faces $258 Billion Lawsuit for Alleged ‘Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme’
Elon Musk, along with his companies Tesla and SpaceX, is facing a US$258 billion class-action lawsuit that claims they “are engaged in a c...
Anon Hacker Gets Served with Restraining Order Via an NFT, a World First
In a world first for both the crypto space and the legal profession, a defendant in a hacking case has been served with a temporary restrain...
US Regulator Investigates Whether BNB Token is an ‘Unregistered Security’
US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into whether global crypto exchange Binance v...